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Sketchbook #3 by Danny Gregory – Visual Journal

GillM — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:04:51 +0000

As many of you know, Danny Gregory was one of the people who started me on my journaling journey. His book ‘Everyday Matters’ inspired me to start drawing again. So it is wonderful to see inside some of his original sketchbooks. Danny made a habit to draw something everyday – here you will see what inspired him – his local neighborhood, the conents of his kitchen cupboard, or drawings from newspapers and magazines…

Sketchbook #3 from DannyGregory on Vimeo.

If you enjoyed his sketchbook, checkout the interview with Danny here

Interview with Danny Gregory

GillM — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:16:04 +0000

I am delighted to bring you a treat for the New Year - an Interview with Danny Gregory. Danny is well known to many from his books including – Everyday Matters, and A Creative Licence.

Danny has recently published a new book ‘An Illustrated Life – Drawing inspiration from the private sketchbooks of artists, illustrators and designers’ checkout a video preview of it here

Read Danny Gregory’s interview here

Interview with Kolby Kirk

GillM — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:48:48 +0000

I am delighted to introduce Kolby Kirk, a passionate travel journaler – in our August interview feature

When I write in my journal… I try to include details that might fade with time, such as the weather, or my health … I also try to concentrate on recording more than just the sights, but also the other senses. What does Paris smell like? What does a Nicaraguan jungle sound like?… My journals act as a way for me to stimulate my senses while I’m travelling in the moment as well as a way to bring these memories back years later.

Read the full interview…

Interview with Anita Davies

GillM — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:15:54 +0000

I am delighted to introduce Anita Davies – in our March Interview feature.

“(my journals) allow me to record memories, not the big dramatic stuff we all remember because it’s annual or we were sad but the little things that can be so easily forgotten; holding my child’s hand by the sea, watching a school pantomime, recording an emotion as it happens, keeping it fresh forever..”

read the full interview

Online interview with Dan Price

GillM — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:53:11 +0000

Dan Price was one of my original inspirations for starting a journal. For the last 10 years he has been keeping a daily journal of his life and publishing it as a Zine called Moonlight Chronicles.

This is a fascinating interview with Dan, and is especially interesting to watch if you feel you can’t draw, he talks us through how he started and gained inspiration from his then 4 year old son (this is near the end of the video)

Watch Interview with Dan Price

Dan’s book “How To Make A Journal Of Your Life” can be purchased here

Interview – Karen Blados

GillM — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:53:47 +0000

I am delighted to introduce Karen Blados – in our first ‘interview’ feature.

“In my journal, I’m drawing what I want to draw, the way I want to draw it and I don’t have to answer to anyone else. It’s allowed me to recapture the joy and enthusiasm I had for drawing as a child. Simply put, it’s just plain fun again.”

read the full interview